With the 2008 AIDS conference closing in Mexico City this past week, I wanted to highlight a few closing thoughts from the conference:
1) in 2005 the G8 promised universal access to antiretroviral drugs for AIDS treatment, and only 1/3 of the promised resources have been deployed
2) A big battle in developing countries will be to decriminalize and reduce the stigma against treatment and prevention of AIDS
3) Much strengthening and public funding of health care systems in the developing world remains to be done
Though promising, there is still much work to do….